I completed the base installation of 10.2 image and did all the needed updates,
with the exception of the new kernel updates and patches as was explained.
I had booted the base environment with no problems numerous times.  At which time I felt I could
go to the next kernl/patch level.  I went ahead and updated the three files and rebooted.

grub came up correctly.
When selecting the new option "kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default", I got the following:

booting 'kernel-2.6.18.8-0.1-default'
Root C /dev/mapper/nvidia_(NV RAID designator)_part15
Error 23: Error while parsing number

Press any key to continue.

If I tried any of the other option, I got:

root (hd1,4)
Filesystem type is reiserfs, partition type 0x83
Kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/mapper/(NV RAID designator)_part7 VGA=0x31
Resume=.dev/mapper/(NV RAID designator)_part6 splash=silent showopts
Error 15: File not found

Press any key to continue.


My system consist of:

ASUS M/B with Nvidia nForce4 chip set.  The chip driver came standard with SuSE
AMD 3800+ Dual CPU processor
2Gb PC800 memory
Two WesternDigital 35Gb Raptor drive, set to NVRAID striped RAID configuration.